Mister Legend

Chapter 500

On Saturday, April 4th, due to the first round of the UEFA Champions League semi-final and the second round of the Coppa Italia semi-final in the middle of next week, the No. 20 league rounds of the Turin duo and Inter Milan are all scheduled It was held on this day, and the most eye-catching thing was naturally the key battle between the Red Bulls and Naples at home.

For both sides, this game cannot be lost or even must be won. Needless to say, the situation of the home team, Juventus is carrying a ten-game winning streak against the newly promoted and one of their former rivals Parma. It is almost impossible to win. If there is any suspense, if they want to keep their lead in the standings, then Li Moody's team must break their vicious cycle of losing against Naples.

As for the White Dolphins in the away game, due to a period of downturn in the middle of the league, they are currently four points behind the fourth-ranked Roma team in the league, and their Champions League seats for next season are at stake.And once the right to participate, which can bring huge economic benefits to the club, is lost, no matter how high Ancelotti's liquidated damages are and how stingy Naples chairman De Laurentiis is, it is estimated that this Serie A powerhouse will be in the season. Finally made a coaching change operation.

Such two strong teams with similar strengths, each facing a huge crisis and must do their best to win, met in the final stage of the league. How could it not become the focus of fans all over the world this weekend?
From the preparations of the two sides for this game, we can also see how strong their desire to win is.

Naples arrived in Turin City as early as Thursday afternoon, and immediately borrowed Juventus' training ground to start adaptive training; and Li Moody even issued an order to close the team's practice ground on Tuesday. Before the start of the game, the media or fans were refused to approach, leaving the outside world with speculation that they were holding back their big moves.

After that, the rosters and starting lineups of the two teams were also submitted at the last moment stipulated, which fully demonstrated the high degree of caution of the coaches of both sides for this match.But at least judging from the starting list, it seems that none of them exceeded the expectations of the outside world.

Li Moody still formed a 100-3-5 formation with a tacit understanding of 2%. Except for Issa Diop who replaced Ranocchia who had just resumed training, the rest of the positions were the main players in the eyes of the outside world.

And Ancelotti also used the 4-2-3-1 position that has remained unchanged for thousands of years, but similar to the way the home team used Bruno Fernandez in Portugal, the captain of the visiting team Hamsik did not Will he always stay in the position of the front midfielder, or will retreat appropriately according to the situation on the field, and guard the midfielder with the two central midfielders, Alan and Diawara.

The only thing that surprises outsiders is that not all of the tridents in the frontcourt started today. The positions of Mertens and Insigne remain the same, but the Italian international Verdi replaced the Spanish veteran Callejon as the goalkeeper. team's right winger.

This change was considered by the media before the game as a backup for Ancelotti. He is likely to send the former Real Madrid player on the field when both sides start to feel weak in the second half, and use him like riding a motorcycle. The side impact to open the situation.

Because Callejon was in very good form before, not only had a pass and one shot in the league last week, but also scored twice in the first round of the Coppa Italia semi-final ten days ago. Helping Naples draw with Roma in the away game, thus taking the initiative to advance to the final, such an excellent competitive state is enough to make him a key factor affecting the outcome of this strong dialogue.

However, the Turin coach who has a plug-in can see the reason for Anshuai's formation at a glance. It has nothing to do with any back tricks or secret weapons. In fact, it is because of a slight injury on Callejon. The explanation given by the FM system is that the toe of the right foot was contused in the previous few days of training. Although it is not very serious, it will still have some impact on the player's actions. Naples did not put him in the starting list. To avoid further deterioration of the injury.Of course, when the situation is really unfavorable, the possibility of letting him play off the bench with injuries is not ruled out.

In addition, Ancelotti's arrangement for Verdi to start should also have the effect of disrupting the pre-match deployment of the Turin team. Although these two players are both good wide players, the difference in technical characteristics is still not small.Although the Italian is slightly inferior in terms of speed, finishing and ball protection, his ability in crossing, long-range shooting and overall situation is still better. mistakes, which will be very beneficial to Naples' offense.

It's just that he never expected that Li Moody had a cheat in his hand, and he had already made targeted arrangements, asking Bareca to adopt more close-up defensive strategies, so as not to let Verdy have an easy opportunity to force the opponent to attack. The choice of dribbling breakthrough, which is relatively not good at, caused the visiting team's right attack to be completely misfired in the opening stage.

The Turin team naturally still uses defensive counterattack tactics. When the ball is at the opponent's feet, the three lines are recovered relatively deep, and they interfere with the offensive organization of the Naples players through multi-level group siege.

The effect of this defensive tactic is very ideal. It has achieved success in the face of strong enemies such as Juventus and Inter Milan, but the only disadvantage is that it requires extremely high physical fitness.Even though the two world-class physical fitness coaches in the team have passed advanced training methods, making the Torino team the team with the best average physical strength in Serie A, but so far, they have not been able to get them to continue throughout the game. It has to be said that it is not a small regret to adopt this kind of defensive strategy.

However, when Verdy, who played for the Red Bulls in the 2011-15 season (during which he was almost always out on loan and only played 19 times on behalf of the Turin team), failed to show his strength, it made Li Moody's team. Most of the defensive energy was devoted to Insigne's left side, which greatly reduced the physical consumption of the players and laid a good foundation for the ability to withstand the opponent's onslaught in the final stage of today's game.

Ancelotti's reaction was really not fast when he found that his side was unable to start the situation on the offensive end. He didn't instruct the two wingers to make a temporary exchange until the No. 20 minute of the game time. Position, I want Verdy, who has no reverse foot, to go to the left to find a feeling.

Mentioning the proficient ball control skills of this newly promoted Italian international footballer, Li Moody has to praise here. Verdi is the first player to use double feet in the same Serie A game since the 2004-05 season. Players who scored free kicks with their feet separately, this record is really a bit against the sky.

It's just that whenever he sees that the player can switch between the two wings at will without causing much impact, the Turin coach can't bear the depression in his heart, and the former football director of the Turin club Page and the former coach Wen Tula scolded a bloody head.Even though they may not have the outstanding strength now, but they have such excellent attributes (no inverse feet), the two of them allowed AC Milan to take it away with only 45 euros. It is simply a blind dog Eye!
If Verdi can stay in the Turin team, with his excellent crossing skills and multi-faceted skills, Belotti and Immobile's power to grab points will increase by at least [-]% on the current basis. Needless to say, what impact will the team's attack power, which ranks among the top three in Serie A, have.

What a pity, what a pity!
Not to mention how angry Li Moody was on the sidelines when he saw the bad consequences caused by his predecessor's mistakes, let's turn the camera back to the scene.After these adjustments, the visiting team has somewhat improved on the offensive end, but it is not enough to pose any threat to Casillas.

The right-winger Silvestri of the Turin team also continued the method of his teammates on the left, and did not give Verdi too many chances to pass the ball. However, the speed advantage of the former is not obvious. Under the control of the opponent's fake action Unable to form a complete seal.Fortunately, due to the lack of height of the visiting team center Mertens, crosses and passes are mainly based on ground operations, and they did not get any chances under the key defenses of the Turin defenders.

After Insigne came to the right, he lost the biggest advantage of cutting inside because of his weak left foot, and he was far less threatening than when he was on the left.The simultaneous setbacks of the two wings seriously affected Naples' offensive efficiency, so that they have a lot of ball possession and have not been able to create the planned advantage in the statistics of the number of shots.

On the contrary, the home team took advantage of the opponent's impatience to press forward and found two or three opportunities to counterattack, but in the end they failed to create a good opportunity to score.

However, before the half-time break came, the Turin team rewritten the score to 1-0. Belotti succeeded in corner kick tactics in the No. 401 minute and received a pass from Glick from the back point to complete. With the help of a header to break the goal, this can be regarded as grasping the disadvantage of the White Dolphin in defending high-altitude balls.

The appearance of this goal has brought tremendous pressure on Naples, because they must get back to their form as soon as possible on the offensive end. Considering the opponent's defensive ability, it seems that they can only adopt a strategy of increasing troops in the frontcourt, but this way In the future, it will weaken our side's defense. It can be said that both advantages and disadvantages coexist.

Just facing the unfavorable situation that if you lose the game, you may say goodbye to the Champions League seat. Anshuai and his team can't think too much about it. They can only hope that the core of the team such as Hamsik and Insigne can Give full play to the strength of their first-class stars and lead everyone to retreat from the Turin Olympic Stadium.

Only 10 minutes after the rematch, the visiting team made a substitution adjustment. Polish center Milik replaced Verdi, and Mertens retreated a little, playing the roles of shadow forward and right winger Switching freely, Insigne returned to his better left.

This adjustment allowed Naples to find a bridgehead in the positional battle. Milik's body and back-up ball can help other teammates gain more running space, and also slightly strengthened the team's ability to compete for high-altitude balls. The offensive routine has become richer.

In addition, the positions of Hamsik and Alan are obviously higher than in the first half. With the addition of these two people, the visiting team's ability to control the periphery of the Turin penalty area has been greatly improved. And within 10 minutes, he got three long-range shots and a good chance to pass the ball directly into the penalty area. Unfortunately, they were all resolved by the home team's defenders one by one, but at least the momentum of the siege has gradually formed. Casili The goal guarded by Yas finally began to feel a certain threat.

But when the game progressed to No.70 and two minutes, the full-backs on both sides also assisted, and the team only had a single midfielder Diawara and two central defenders in the backcourt. Naples tasted the offensive Ending the bitter fruit of too much investment.Alan's pass was tackled by Vukocevic, and Baselli immediately organized his teammates to launch a classic multiplayer counterattack.After passing Hamsik's interception through a two-for-one cooperation with Bruno Fernandez, the ball quickly passed the midfield line and rushed towards the front of the opponent's penalty area at high speed in the middle.

At this time, as many as five players of the home team entered the high-speed forward state. In addition to the two forwards and the above two midfielders, Bareca on the left is also competing with the speed of Husai who is returning to defense. Without falling behind, it has become a potential support point on the wing.

Faced with this multi-point blooming quick counterattack tactic, it's not that Naples didn't take precautions in advance, but they were just eager to find opportunities to score goals in the frontcourt, and for a while they forgot that the back defense was somewhat empty.Moreover, after the Turin team loaned Lucas Moura, the striker's speed ability has improved again, so the quality of this counterattack has increased compared with before.

Even though Diawara and Hamsik, who returned to the defense in time, joined hands to kill Baselli's idea of ​​continuing to drive straight in at a position ten meters outside the top of the penalty area, they could not stop the latter's pass.Fernandez, who greeted him on the right, immediately sent a precise through pass after receiving the ball, helping Mora get a great chance for a single shot. Albiol, who was in charge of marking him before, was known for his slow turn when he was young. Now he is 33 At an advanced age, he is as slow as a wooden pile in front of speed players, and has long been left far behind.

Facing the attacking Brazilian goalkeeper Rafael Barbosa, Mora used a dexterous feint to shake the opponent's center of gravity, then pulled the ball under his feet to avoid the opponent's defensive area, and easily pushed the ball into the empty goal.

2 to 0, the red bull's victory should be stable.

In the following time, Naples, who had nothing to lose, launched a nearly crazy counterattack. Finally, Polish midfielder Zelinski, who came off the bench, scored a long-distance world wave, but he still failed to gain even from the away game. one point.

After 10 and 2 minutes, the Turin team won a difficult victory 1-[-] at home, and did not disappoint the fans who supported them.

And two hours later, an unimaginably good news made half of the city of Turin completely boil, Li Modi even lost sleep all night.Because, Juventus actually lost!
(End of this chapter)